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Eden Badertscher

Mailing Address:

43 Foundry AvenueWaltham, Massachusetts 02453-8313

Telephone:

617-618-2906

Eden M. Badertscher works to close opportunity gaps in mathematics education and ensure our system of mathematics education is equitable and promotes the mathematics proficiency of all students. She brings extensive expertise in teacher education, mathematics curriculum and professional development, alignment with standards, and advancing effective mathematics instruction in urban school districts.

Badertscher regularly presents her work at the conferences of national organizations such as the Association of State Supervisors of Mathematics, the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, and the National Council of Supervisors of Mathematics.

Prior to joining EDC, Badertscher played a lead role in mathematics education reform initiatives in the Pittsburgh Public Schools and Prince George County Public Schools that were designed to support teachers, enhance instruction, and address district needs related to special education, culturally relevant teaching, and work with English language learners. She also taught at the undergraduate and graduate levels. While at the University of Maryland, she was involved in two primary research projects—Case Studies of Well-Respected Urban Algebra I Teachers and Thought Experiments in Mathematics Teaching (ThEMaT). Early in her career, she was a high school mathematics teacher.

Badertscher has particular interests in the Philosophy of Mathematics, critical pedagogies and critical race theory, inequity perpetuated by the system of mathematics education, transforming teachers’ and students’ relationships with mathematics as well as identities of mathematics learners, and the teaching and learning of Calculus.

She received her BA from Princeton University and obtained her MEd and PhD from the University of Maryland.